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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 14
Chapter Title: Little Master, Ha Yeonsi
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[Temple Guardian defeated! 300 points added….]
"Pass."
[All named monsters up to the 9th floor defeated! Thoth's Great Temple cleared....]
"Pass."
[Choose your clear reward….]
"Platinum Axe Spear of the Great Temple."
Gonghyeok brushed aside the reward window and turned to the giant, Soma Sangai.
"Miss Ha Yeonsi, are your wounds alright?"
"I'm fine. But you're a monk—don't you call people 'benefactor'?"
"I don't know how it translates in the dungeon, but I'm just a monk who broke his precepts. Pretending to be one would only be laughable."
"Hey, your speech is totally monk-like."
Yeonsi joked with a smile, but she was still slumped on the ground, unable to move.
Her wounds were all healed with the Flesh Mending Flower, and her face showed no sign of pain, but her legs remained utterly numb.
"...Miss Ha Yeonsi, still."
"Wait. Just wait a moment, monk sir."
She took a deep breath, then pulled a staff from her inventory and planted it into the ground.
Her legs trembled violently, but Ha Yeonsi gripped the staff with both hands and forced herself to stand.
"I don't want to be that pathetic woman who only talks big. Back in the village, you and everyone else must've thought it, right? That I'm clueless and just spout nice nonsense."
She clenched her teeth, and finally, Ha Yeonsi stood. Her stance was awkward and ridiculous.
"I don't want to stay a clueless nice idiot. I'll save people myself, I'll end Babel myself, and go back to reality to find the kids at our orphanage again. I'll find them and make them all the delicious food I couldn't before, buy them new clothes, oh right! I'll even build a school. The director said once Babel is gone…."
Covered in blood and dirt, barely able to hold herself up, she spoke. Her words rambled incoherently, a laughable and pitiful sight.
But Soma Sangai felt his mind and heart awaken at the sight of Ha Yeonsi.
'A lotus blooms pure even in the mud.'
Soma felt an emotion welling up from deep in his chest.
"I don't need your help, monk. Even what I did back in the village wasn't expecting anything like this. Besides, my Flesh Mending Flower item could barely cover a fatal wound, right? You pulling yourself together was all you."
"Is that so."
"Yeah, that's how it is. Plus, my brother hates it if anyone follows him or leaks info."
"I…"
Soma paused to choose his words, then spoke with difficulty.
"I was foolish and committed a great offense against little master. Please forgive me…"
Soma turned his head and bowed to Gonghyeok.
"But I came here to relay just one message to little master Ha Yeonsi."
"Is that it?"
"Do you know what it is?"
"In reality, it's something you say three times a day."
"Indeed. You possess not only diamond-like strength but also profound insight."
Soma smiled kindly and pressed his palms together toward Ha Yeonsi.
"The food was delicious. Thank you, little master."
"Huh? Oh, no need. But surely…"
Ha Yeonsi eyed Soma suspiciously.
"You really came just to say that?"
"Yes. To repay the grace and enlightenment little master bestowed upon me would take three lifetimes and still fall short. As a fool with nothing to offer, I'm sorry I can only convey these words."
Gonghyeok nodded as Soma bowed repeatedly to Ha Yeonsi.
'It's going well.'
Soma Sangai—that man was a usable knight. A guy who'd once driven Gonghyeok to the brink of death in the past, with the charisma to represent the hunters.
'A man of noble values, but no stranger to reality.'
Gonghyeok knew Soma better than anyone.
'I know exactly what you're thinking. I'll give you a vision. Be inspired by me and climb to the top floor.'
A royal healer with a scam skill nullifying buffs and debuffs, plus four unique buffs.
If Babel Princess Ha Yeonsi was the first piece for the demon king raid,
Then with tanking that shrugged off the Four Heavenly Kings' attacks and counterattack power that multiplied received damage dozens of times over, the vanguard tank beyond imagination.
Dhritarashtra (Guardian King) Soma Sangai.
He was the second piece.
Gonghyeok thought so as he gazed at the altar the Temple Guardian had protected.
Rumble.
Above the altar, a hazy god bound in chains rose.
A god in Egyptian garb with the head of a green bird.
The overseer of magic and astronomy, revered as one with the sun god Ra.
The true name of the god of records and time, Thoth.
'Ra-Djehuty.'
[Would you like to share your view with others?]
"Share."
Soma gasped in shock, and Yeonsi beamed.
"That's…?"
"What we came for. Oppa."
The chains binding Ra-Djehuty unraveled one by one under the three pairs of eyes.
[The avatar 'Ra-Djehuty,' bound in Thoth's Great Temple, is released for 20 minutes.]
Ra-Djehuty's green eyes opened.
- Oh? All three of you can see me. What manner of folk are you?
It wasn't a typo.
'That bastard's shitty speech pattern doesn't get familiar even after a hundred years.'
Gonghyeok frowned and cut straight to the chase.
"Ra-Djehuty. I plan to climb to the top of Babel and smash the demon king's head."
- What a grand dream. I wish you luck.
"This isn't talk for outsiders. My plan is to climb Babel with you and beat the demon king together."
- Heh heh heh, spirited, but think it over. This place suits me fine.
"I've prepared something better. Open it, GM."
At Gonghyeok's gesture, the GM's red cloak unfurled. Within was endless darkness and abyss.
And deep in that abyss appeared deserts, pyramids, countless temples, and palaces.
"I've prepared a spot here for you."
[200,000 km² area. All temples and pleasure facilities complete. Premium residential complex. Summon distance: 0.02 seconds. Remaining avatar space: 1/2. Very comfortable.]
- No thanks.
Even with the GM's friendly sales pitch, Ra-Djehuty rejected it outright.
"I am a god of the highest realm. I won't be swayed by such nonsense, nor will I submit to anyone. Babel conquered us, but if that's the natural order, so be it. It's the fate of a fallen world, and one must accept it."
Ra-Djehuty crossed his arms and held his ibis head high. He looked down at Gonghyeok with indifferent eyes. The complete opposite of Sha-Mondi, who'd groveled after a few words.
Clap clap clap clap clap.
Ju Gonghyeok slowly applauded at the sight.
"Wow, truly befitting the lofty Ra-Djehuty. You won't bend your pride for petty gains. Honestly, a god revered as a dimension's chief deity needs this level of pride."
- Hmph, puny human. Don't get arrogant. With my vast knowledge and…
"Your people still alive in Babel would be so proud.
Their great lord god accepts defeat honorably. Of course, they have no clue themselves, just rotting away in dungeons, sleeping their lives away."
- Wh-what did you just say…!
"Your people are still alive. In Anubis's underworld on the 48th floor. Living oh-so-loftily and pathetically, just like someone."
The scene in the GM's cloak shifted.
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